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Just read the news to see this report, the title is: beautiful "coffee causes cancer" lawsuit …

I drink one or two cups of coffee every day.

It has been said before that drinking coffee in moderation is very good for your health.

Unexpectedly, it will cause cancer?

Are you serious?

Well, the date of this news report is 2018-2-1, and the title is: 13 companies, including Meitao "Coffee causing Cancer" lawsuit 7-11, have promised to strengthen the warning of settlement.

This report said that it quoted a comprehensive foreign news report from Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po. But in fact, the so-called "comprehensive foreign news report" refers to the same report made by several US media on the same day (2018-1-31).

These reports all revolve around the same theme, that is, in the near future, any store that sells coffee drinks in California may need to post a warning that coffee may cause cancer.

The reason for this is that a civil society group called the Council on Poison Education and Research proposed in 2010 that the California government force coffee and beverage shops to post such warnings.

The lawsuit has now entered the stage of final appeal. It is based on the fact that coffee drinks contain acrylamide (acrylamide), which the California government listed as a carcinogen in 1990.

The chemical acrylamide is a frequent customer of the court and the darling of the news.

Six months ago, I published an article entitled "fried potato → dies early?" And one of the protagonists is acrylamide

Acrylamide is formed by the chemical reaction of certain sugars and asparagine (asparagine) when food is cooked at a high temperature (above 120C).

Experiments with mice have shown that acrylamide can cause cancer. However, there is no evidence that people get cancer from ingestion of acrylamide.

In fact, acrylamide is formed in any stir-fried dish or baked bread. So, we actually eat acrylamide every day. However, under normal circumstances, the amount of food we eat is not enough to say that it will cause cancer.

As far as coffee is concerned, its health benefits, including reducing the risk of cancer, are almost indisputable.

In other words, coffee anti-cancer is certain, coffee causing cancer is not sure.

Therefore, since this reader says that he drinks the right amount of coffee, he doesn't have to worry about getting cancer.

As for the lawsuit in California, let the big caf é have some fun.

Anyway, the lawyers make money, and we are happy for them.